#101 Foraging Forgotten Foods with Rachael West, "Eating the Ozarks"

Follow her into the forest to find foods that have been forgotten. Today's guest is the pied piper of foraging. I met her during the Smithsonian's Folk Life Festival this summer when I was immediately drawn toward her personality, passion, and knowledge. Before grocery stores existed, early settlers would bring seeds of their most resilient food staples from their homelands. 200 years later, many of these plants still exist all around us. Rachael teaches people how to find and use these plants in the most delicious of ways. She is not only educating others, but creating communities of celebration with her cooking classes and exclusive "cave dinners". Listen to this discussion about "weeding and eating" and her philosophy that aligns with sharing and caring not only for people but also for our environment. Rachael West is the Owner, Lead Instructor and Founder of Eating the Ozarks. She is an Expert Forager, Wild Foods Chef, Certified Herbalist and Author of Wild Foraged an educational culinary cookbook. She's taught wild foods in the Ozarks for the past decade. In addition, she customizes private customer events based on local foraged foods.  [email protected] and EatingTheOzarks.com This episode of the podcast is sponsored by Team Baarman of ConferenceDirect. They can assist with providing resources to plan and ensure your next successful event. Doug Baarman and his group are excellent, knowledgeable, and trustworthy. [email protected] https://doug-baarman.go-conferencedirect.com/services/ Most People Don't | Resources Learn additional key take-aways by listening to more of Bart Berkey's conversations with successful leaders on his weekly podcast. Please subscribe, like & share to help others find these words of wisdom. Find all Podcast episodes ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sign up for the Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Schedule Bart to Speak ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  www.mostpeopledont.com Any KEYNOTE SPEAKING OR LEADERSHIP TRAINING REQUESTS can be directed to [email protected]